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4-28-26
Dr. Paul Chambers is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore, the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance, and the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace. He is also the executive editor of the Taylor & Francis (Scopus) journal Asian Affairs: an American Review. Paul has been a Visiting Fellow at Heidelberg University (Germany), the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt (Germany), the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg (Germany), the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University (Japan), and De La Salle University in Manila (Philippines). He has authored or co-authored over 100 publications, including journal articles, book chapters and six books. Recent publications include his co-edited book Khaki Capital: The Political Economy of the Military in Southeast Asia (NIAS, 2017) and Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand (ISEAS Publishing, 2024). His research centers upon comparative politics (including civil-military relations) and international affairs in Southeast Asia, specifically Thailand and Cambodia, and he has lectured before both the European Parliament and the US State Department. He has lectured in comparative politics and international relations at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and has served as dissertation advisor to several students.
In 2025, Paul was wrongfully detained, dismissed from his employment at Naresuan University, and effectively deported for insulting Thailand’s monarchy. Though charges were dropped after enormous international pressure, he cannot return to Thailand and is seeking a new career in the United States at the University of Oklahoma.
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